A House Divided Docs

Everything about the multiplayer political and economic simulation, in one place: the player wiki, the design docs behind every mechanic, and the engineering guides for contributors.

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Player Wiki

How to play: the same guides that ship inside the game, from your first character to advanced strategy.

Getting StartedCore Systems Create a Character First Campaign Walkthrough Game Starting State Getting Started Mail +6 more

ElectionsCampaign Manager Campaign Strategy Canvassing Contingent Election Demographics Demographics & Targeting +16 more

LegislaturesBills & Legislation Cabinet Cabinet Guide Cabinet Projects & Buildings Chamber Leadership Committees +9 more

PartiesCoalition Formation Coalitions NPP Autonomy NPP Behavior NPP Elections NPPs Overview +7 more

EconomyBrand Loyalty Central Banks Corporate Bonds Corporate IMF Restructuring Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate R&D & Tech Trees +28 more

CommoditiesAdvertising & Media Building Materials Coal Commodities Construction Services Consulting Services +23 more

Military & ConflictA War, Start to Finish Cold War Tension Commands & Command Structure Conflicts & the Military System Declaring War Defence Procurement +8 more

CountriesBrazil China East Germany Germany Ireland Japan +4 more

AdvancedAchievements Advanced Strategy Bloc Alignment & Spheres of Influence Caucuses Crisis Interaction Embargoes & Trade Exposure +21 more

ResourcesExtraction Contracts Resources Subsidies Tariffs

IterationsBeta 1 Beta 2

Game Design

How every system works under the hood: elections, legislation, parties, the economy, and the world.

Getting Started & StrategyCampaign Strategy Getting Started Meta Strategy Min-Maxing Guide Party Building Player Progression +3 more

Elections & CampaignsArchetype Approvals System Campaign Manager System Canvassing Contingent Election Demographic System Audit & Election Realism Proposal Demographic & Election Implementation Audit +15 more

Legislature & PartiesBills & Legislation Caucuses Chamber Leadership by Country Coalitions Congress Leadership Congress Speaker System +8 more

Government & ExecutiveCabinet System Constitutional Convention Government Approval System Ministerial Orders One-Party States (as shipped)Parliamentary Government +6 more

Economy & FinanceBudget Calculations The Capacity Economy (as shipped)Commodities Commodity pricing v2 - design note Corporate Bond Defaults Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions +19 more

CountriesChina (CN), System Design Japan - Government Structure United Kingdom

World & SimulationBloc Alignment and Spheres of Influence The Cold War and conflict system (as shipped)Core Systems Crisis System Defence Procurement National Metrics System +4 more

PlatformAchievements Service Achievements API Conventions API Middleware Layer Loading State Standardization Plan Player Mail +6 more

OtherGlobal response crises (as shipped)

Engineering

Architecture, conventions, and contribution guides for the codebase.

API

The public REST API and client integration.

Public APIAHD Desktop Client Integration Guide A House Divided - Public API v1

GuidesGetting Started: Build a Dashboard Getting Started: Build a Discord Bot